Here's the follow-up post to "Why I'm For the Common Core." It explains why we should be leery of the forthcoming "core-aligned" tests -- especially those in English Language Arts that people are rightly anxious about.
You are predictable - 22 Words - 3 views
The Test of the Common Core | E. D. Hirsch, Jr. - 0 views
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These tests could endanger the promise of the Common Core.
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The first thing I'd want to do if I were younger would be to launch an effective court challenge to value-added teacher evaluations on the basis of test scores in reading comprehension. The value-added approach to teacher evaluation in reading is unsound both technically and in its curriculum-narrowing effects. The connection between job ratings and tests in ELA has been a disaster for education.
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The Sabermetrics of Effort - Jonah Lehrer - 0 views
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The fundamental premise of Moneyball is that the labor market of sports is inefficient, and that many teams systematically undervalue particular athletic skills that help them win. While these skills are often subtle – and the players that possess them tend to toil in obscurity - they can be identified using sophisticated statistical techniques, aka sabermetrics. Home runs are fun. On-base percentage is crucial.
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The wisdom of the moneyball strategy is no longer controversial. It’s why the A’s almost always outperform their payroll,
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However, the triumph of moneyball creates a paradox, since its success depends on the very market inefficiencies it exposes. The end result is a relentless search for new undervalued skills, those hidden talents that nobody else seems to appreciate. At least not yet.
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How People Learn to Become Resilient - The New Yorker - 0 views
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to identify as succeeding, even excelling, despite incredibly difficult circumstances.
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It’s only when you’re faced with obstacles, stress, and other environmental threats that resilience, or the lack of it, emerges
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Garmezy’s work opened the door to the study of protective factors: the elements of an individual’s background or personality that could enable success despite the challenges they faced
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20 Strategies for Motivating Reluctant Learners | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views
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Perez says when students are engaged, predicting answers, talking with one another and sharing with the class in ways that follow safe routines and practices, they not only achieve more but they also act out less. And everyone, including the teacher, has more fun.
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PEREZ’ BRAIN-BASED STRATEGIES
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1. Don’t Be Boring
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